OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Police in Overland Park are investigating the shooting death of a woman over the weekend. Police say the shooting was reported around 6 a.m. Sunday at a house in the Kansas City suburb. Police say that officers arrived at the home to find that the woman had been taken by
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By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Nielsen is down 16% after the TV ratings company rejected a $9 billion takeover bid from private equity firms. Nielsen said that the offer “significantly undervalues” the company. Nielsen said that it had consulted with, among others, its third largest shareholder, WindAcre Partnership, which
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By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer The Pittsburgh Penguins have shored up their depth at defense by acquiring Nathan Beaulieu from the Winnipeg Jets to open the NHL’s final day of trading. The Jets acquired a conditional seventh-round pick in this year’s draft for Beaulieu, who is in the final year of his contract. The
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By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Since the start of this year, a series of advertisements have appeared on television screens and billboards across the United States, with ominous warnings to texters. “I think I left the car unlocked, can you check?” reads a text message displayed on one of the billboards. The consequence, outlined next
Continue Reading Stocks are posting modest gains in early trading on Wall Street Monday, led by energy companies as crude oil prices take another turn higher. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The benchmark index is coming off its biggest weekly gain since 2020. The Nasdaq and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were barely higher in the early
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By VICTORIA MILKO and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority in advertisements submitted to run on its platform. The report shared exclusively with The Associated Press showed the rights group Global
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By Laura Studley, CNN Virginian-Pilot newspaper reporter and former CNN news assistant Sierra Jenkins was among the individuals shot and killed in an early Saturday morning shooting that left one more person dead and three others injured, Norfolk, Virginia, police said. She was 25. Jenkins was leaving a downtown Norfolk restaurant, Chicho’s Pizza Backstage, when
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a Pleasant Hill man who fell from a boat on a city lake over the weekend drowned. Television station KSHB reports that the incident happened around 11 a.m. Sunday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says 67-year-old Michael Hamilton fell from a boat he was aboard into Pleasant Hill
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Taco Bell turns 60 this summer and its employees will have new outfits to mark the occasion. Employees will be given a new T-shirt that’s designed by Los Angeles-based streetwear creator Born X Raised that celebrates the chain’s Southern Californian heritage. The shirt, meant to “commemorate this milestone in the
Continue Reading By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has remained immersed in technology while also exploring divergent interests since his 1985 departure from the revolutionary company he started with the late Steve Jobs. Among other things, Wozniak has dabbled in television and is now a judge on an online video show called “Unicorn
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — La candidata a la Corte Suprema, Ketanji Brown Jackson, comparecerá ante la Comisión Judicial del Senado este lunes, mientras los demócratas buscan confirmar a la primera jueza negra y muchos republicanos buscan un mensaje unificado para oponerse a ella. Los demócratas han promocionado la elección del presidente Joe Biden como
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By Mark Thompson and James Frater, CNN Business Europe will consider joining a US-led embargo of Russian oil this week as the West looks for new ways to punish President Vladimir Putin for waging his devastating war in Ukraine. EU leaders will discuss whether to dump by far the biggest supplier of oil to the
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By Matt Egan, CNN Business The White House considered sending gas cards to families to cushion the blow from record-high gas prices before eventually deciding it is not feasible. A White House spokesperson told CNN that gas cards are not seriously under consideration, confirming a report in Axios. The Biden administration is worried that gas
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By CNN’s Beijing bureau, Yong Xiong, Lizzy Yee and Wayne Chang, CNN A China Eastern Airlines jetliner carrying 132 people crashed in the mountains in southern China’s Guangxi region on Monday afternoon, according to the country’s Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC). The Boeing 737 was en route from the southwestern city of Kunming to Guangzhou when
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The University of Missouri Board of Curators is scheduled to hold a special meeting Tuesday morning. The announcement comes as the University of Missouri searches for a new men’s head basketball coach. Board members are set to meet virtually over Zoom at 7 a.m., according to a public notice issued on Monday
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By Michelle Toh and Jojo Chan, CNN Business Hong Kong announced Monday that it would lift flight bans and shorten quarantine requirements after two years of tough Covid restrictions that have hurt the city’s economy and standing among global business. In a press conference Monday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said that residents of nine countries,
Continue Reading BERLIN (AP) — A union has called on security staff at eight German airports, including Frankfurt, to walk off their jobs all day Tuesday in a pay dispute. Monday’s call by the ver.di union sets the stage for another round of disruption after walkouts at several airports last week. Ver.di called private security staff out
Continue ReadingBy Creeson Agecoutay Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — As thousands of Ukrainian refugees flee to Poland and other neighbouring countries, Canadian families are opening their doors as well. Carla and James Rankin from Petrolia, Ont. are opening up their home after seeing the devastation in Ukraine. “If we get
Continue Reading Opinion by Yamini Aiyar for CNN Business Perspectives My children last entered their school gates on March 10, 2020, weeks before India’s national lockdown was announced. Two years on, schools in much of the country remain closed. Some states went against the tide and reopened in 2021 — but only partially, limiting attendance to higher
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PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic will be without its best attacker for the World Cup qualifying playoff against Sweden after Patrik Schick was ruled out because of injury. The striker was selected in the Czech squad last week despite having not played since Feb. 18 because of a calf problem. Schick did not play
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